I just watched the Stager Invasion for the first time this week.  While the "team" did a great job staging the featured homes using what the homeowner already had, I feel that this is another misrepresentation of what most staging companies are in reality.

The fact that there is a "team" of about a dozen people isn't realisitic....at least not in my part of the country.  Its me and one assistant!  I admit it would be great to have several people on the payroll to do all the nitty gritty work like packing, moving extra items to the garage, patching and painting, removing worn carpeting, installing new hardwood floors, etc., but how on earth would I pay them all?  Maybe I'm not a mathematician, but a $1000 budget, a dozen assistants, a few new accessories, paint, flooring, etc......hhmmmm, it does not compute!

The concept is great...but I'm hopeful that homeowners will realize that $1,000 doesn't get a team of stagers, a truckload of material and supplies, and an 8 hours staging job in the "real" world.